Container and hand brush for dispensing liquid soap



July 1, 1925. 1,544,803

l. A. BURNETT CONTAINER AND HAND BRUSH FOR DISPENSING LIQUID SOAP Filed June 23., 1924 g5@ FQ. ci? 42 f d0 e? 96 9440. m41 45 Patented July 7, 1925.

UNITED sinIrs, PATENT oFFicE.

' "IRA A. BURNETT, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIs. v

CONTAINER AND 'HAND BRUSH non vDrsrnivsme LIQUID soar.V

Application 1er1'Iune23, 1924. Serial No. 721,681.

To all whom t may concern.' v

Be it known that I, Inn A. BURNnrrr, a citizen of the United States, and a, resident of Chicago, in the county ofCook and VStatel of Illinois,haveinventedv certain new and useful Improvements ma Container and Hand Brush for Dispensing Liquidy Soap,

Ofwhich the following is a specification.`

This invention relates to improvements in a liquid soap dispensing hand brush in combination with a liquid ysoap container-,

for use generally, as a toilet ardesigned device for scrubbingland cleansing ticle, or

the hands, but isA more particularly intended as an adjunct to the equipment of the toilet or Ywash-room of dentists, surgeons, and physicians, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement and combination of the various parts or elements thereof as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

One of the objects of my present inventionvis the provision of a liquid 'soap dispensing hand brush associated and `cooperating with a liquid'soap container in '.sucha way that the container willact as a reservoir inV supplying liquid soap to a suitable receptacle therefor carried by 'the brush, tof the end that a supply of liquid soap will be maintained at all times in the brush ready to be dispensed while the latter is used in the operation 'of cleaning the hands.

A further'object of the invention is the provision `of means in the soap container of the brush for ejecting liquid soap therefrom in jets if desired, or to permit the liquid soap to be discharged therefrom more copiously. -1

Still another object vis.t'-he` lpr.ovision in the Soap discharging means'of the brush' to admit air to the soap containerof the latt'erjat intervals to facilitate discharge therefrom.'

Other-objects and advantages of thefin. vention will beV disclosed in the following description and explanation, which will be more readily understood when read in conjunction with the. accompanyingfdr'awing, in which an embodiment of'which the invention is susceptible is illustrated, it being understood that changes and modifications may be resorted to withouta departure from the spirit of the invention so long as they come within the scope of theV appended claims forming apartl hereof.

vhand brushfor dispensing liquid soap, em-

bodying the invention, showing theml as being supportedl in an upright position and at rest side by side.

Fig.2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the lbrush taken on line 2 -2 of Fig. 1 looking in the `direction of the arrowsm v Y Fig. 3 is across-sectional lview taken on line 3- 3 of Fig. Zas indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a plan sectional view taken through the discharge valve casing 'and plunger rtherefor of the brush, and i Fig.y 5 is a detail showing a modification in the construction ofthe parts of that end of the brush to which a flexible tube may be detachablyr secured for vsupplying liquid soa-p? to the container therefor of the brush.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the vdifferent views of the drawings.. Referring now more 'particularly to Figs. 1 to '3 inclusive lof the drawings,the reference numeral 7 designates Va container for liquid soap which isv provided in its upper portion with an opening through which" liquid soap can be supplied to thercontainer and which opening is closed by a removable plug or stopper 8 having an upward extension 9 for conveniently removing and replacing the same. The lower end of the container 7 is provided with a vertically depending faucet orv cock 10 which is equipped with a shut-oi valve 11 of a well known kind. f The container? may be lsupported above a washbasin'by means of a suitable bracket secured tothe wall-and providedwith a` horizontally disposed band 12 to encircle the container between apair of spaced beads 13 vwith whiclrthe same may be provided. Extended laterally from the supporting bracket for -f the container, which bracket is not shown, is

cess 19 which extends from the upper face of the body 18 to a point near its lower surface as at 20 in Fig. 3, from which point and at its longitudinal middle the body is provided with an opening 21 for the reception of a discharging valve casing of the soap container of the brush, as will be pres-v ently explained. As shown, and as will be understood by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, the longitudinal recess 19 is co-extensive with the body 18 and each side wall of the mouth of said recess is provided with an angular rabbet 22 to receive the correspond ingly shaped edges of a strap 23 of met-al or other suitable material, which can be inserted between the Walls of the recess 19 at one end thereof and slid into such position that the ends of the strap 23 will coincide with the ends of the body 18 of the brush. This arrangement alfords a detachable but secure closure for the recess as is obvious.

Located inthe recess 19 is a liquid soap container designated as a whole by the reference numeral 24, which container is in the form of a tube and is of about the same length as the body 18 of the brush. This container has each of its ends internally screwthreaded and near one of its ends an annular flange 25 through which a plunger rod 26 is extended from one end of the container 24 to a distance between theY other end of said container and the discharge valve casing thereof.

The plunger 26 is also extended through the gland cap 27 screwed into one end of the container 24 and employed as a keeper for suitable packing 28 interposed between the flange 25 and the cap 27 for the purpose of preventing leakage. IThat end of the plunger 26 near thercap 27 is provided with a cavity 28at with which a pair of spaced openings 29 and 30 communicate, and said end of the plunger is also equipped with a removable head 31 for use in reciprocating the plunger.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the plunger 26 is provided near its inner end with a fiat or bar-like portion 32 which has a ,diagonally disposed slot 33 open at its lower end for the insertion of a transversely disposed pin 34 carried by the upper end of a valve stem or plunger 35 which is extended through the discharge valve casing 36 on the lower middle portion of the container 24, which casing is tubular in form and is extended through the opening 21 in the lower surface of the body 18 as well as through an opening 37 in a plate 38 which is provided with depending bristles 39 and secured to the lower face of the body 18 in any suitable way. The plunger 26 is provided near its innerl end with aspider-lilre enlargement 40 which fits snugly in the container 24 yet in such a way as to be readily slid back and forth therein. Extended from the enlargement 40 of the plunger is a projection 41 around which is located a spring 42 one end of which rests against the enlargement 40 and the other end against an orificed stop member 43 which is provided with grooves 44 on its outer surface for the purpose of affording a seat for a screwdriver which can be used for advancing or retracting the member 43 within the screwthreaded portion of the container 24in which it is located so as to regulate thev tension of the spring 42 which serves to actuate the plunger 26 in one direction.

The plunger 35 or valve stem of the discharge casing 36 of the soap container 24Vof the brush is polygonal in cross-section as shown in Fig; 4, and carries on its lower end a valve 45 to close the casing 36l when the plunger rod 26 resumes its normal position after being reciprocated in its container. y

Screwed into the end of the container adjacent the stop member 43 is an oriiiced cap 46 in the opening of which is secured one end of a flexible tube 47 the other end of which is communicatively connected to the discharge end of the faucet or cock 10 on the lower portion of the container 7 or reservoir.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawing it will be readily understood and clearly seen that by my improvements I have provided a device in which the brush 17 can be supported near the liquid. soap container 7 when not in use, and that as it is connected to said container through the instrumentality of the flexible tube 47, liquid soap will pass from the container (assume ing that the valve 11 is open) into the container 24 of the brush, and maintained about the same level therein as that of the liquid in the main container, when it is obvious that the brush can be removed from its support and used in cleaning the hands. In the operation of cleaning the hands, soap may be dispensed from the container 24 of the brush by pressing the plunger rod inwardly, which action will force the plunger 35 and valve 45 downwardly, permitting the liquid soap to pass through the passage-ways formedk by the cross-sectionallyV angular plunger or valve stem 35 and the valve casing 36 through and on the bristles and hands.

After inward pressure is removed from the plunger 26, it is manifest the spring 42 will return it as well as the valve 45, to their normal positions. By providing the plunger 26 with the spaced Yopenings 29 and 30 which are connected by a cavity in the plunger as above stated, and bylocating one of said openings so that it will normally be exposed to the atmosphere, it is apparent that when the plunger is pushed inwardly, the last named opening will be closed by the cap 27 or packing l28, while the other opening will permit air to escape from the said cavity into the container 24 and thus facilitate discharge of liquid soap from sai container. v

It is obvious that the strap 23 or 'closure for the recess19 and the body of the brush will be held in position by means of the caps 27 and 46 which engage opposite ends thereof, and that by removing one of said caps, the closure can be slid out of its grooves so as to permit of the removal of the container 24 from the brush if required.

In Fig. 5 is shown `a modilication in the construction 'of the means for closing that end of the container 24 in the brush to which a flexible tube may be connected at one of its ends, and its other end to a supply of liquid soap. This modiiication consists in the employment of a cap 46a having a threaded opening and provided with an inwardly extended and reduced tubular portion 48 in which isv slidably mounted a rod 49 having on its outer end a head 5() and onl its other end a valve head 51 to close the inner end ofthe tubular portion 48. The rod 49 is surroundedby a spring 52 which rests at one of its ends against the head 50 and at its other end against the valve head 5l so as to normally hold said valve head in its vclosed position. The rod 49 is held against accidental displacement in the member 48 by any suitable means and it willbe seen and understoodthat by screwing the end of a flexible tube suchl as 47 into the screw-threaded orifice of the cap- 46a a sufiicient distance the head 50 and its rod will be advancedV in the-tube 48, thus unseating the valve head 51 and Ypermit liquid soap to pass into the container 24,`which otherwise is of the same construction as shown in Fig. 2 and above described. By this modified arrangement it is manifest that when the tube 47 is removed from the cap 461L the valve controlling the member 48 will automatically close and thus prevent the escape of liquid from the container.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by dl Letters `Patent is:

l. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bristle vcarrying body having a longitudinally disposed recess vcoextensive therewith and an opening between its ends, of a detachable closure for the mouth of said recess, oriced caps detachably engaging each end of the recess, a plunger rod mounted for reciprocation in said recess andl extended through one of said caps, means in said opening between the ends of said recess co-operating with said plunger rod to close said opening, and means connected at one of its ends to the other of said oriiiced caps and at its other end to a supply of liquid soap.l

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bristle carrying body having a longitudinally disposed recess coextensive therewith and an opening between its ends, of a detachable closure for the mouth of said recess, oriced caps detachably engaging each end of the recess and each end of said closure, a plunger rod mounted for reciprocation in said recess and extended through one of said caps, means in said opening co-operating with 'said plunger rod toclose said opening, and means for 'reciprocating said plunger rod. i

' 3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a bristle carrying body having a longitudinally disposed recess co` extensive therewith and an opening between its ends, of a detachable closure for the mouth of said recess, an oriiiced cap detachably engaging one end of said recess, a plunger rod mounted for reciprocation in said recess and extended throughsaid cap, means in said opening co-operating with said plunger rod to close said opening, and means communicatively connected at one of its ends to the end of the said recess opposite that in which said cap is mounted and at its other end to a supply of liquid.'

IRA A. BURNETT. 

